2020 deal highlights - Corporate M&A
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Hill Dickinson’s Corporate M&A team advises UK and international companies, management teams and entrepreneurs on the entire range of UK and cross-border acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures and complex reorganisations and restructurings.
Selected highlights from 2020 include the following transactions:
Fishawack Health
Advising Fishawack Health, a leading global commercialisation partner for the life sciences industry, on its acquisition of The Hive Health Group from listed digital marketing business Kin + Carta.
BB Energy
BB Energy, a leading independent energy trading company, on its investment in Pakistani fuel retailer, Euro Oil.
REKOM
Advising Scandinavian nightlife group REKOM on its acquisition out of administration by Deltic Group, the UK’s largest nightclub operator.
Naimuri Limited
Advising the shareholders of Naimuri Limited, a leading UK software development and data analytics company providing services to the UK intelligence and law enforcement communities, on its sale to QinetiQ for £25 million.
Hakim Group
Advising Hakim Group on its acquisition of Norville Opticians, the 122-year-old retail division of The Norville Group.
Sykes Holiday Cottages
Advising Sykes Holiday Cottages, the UK’s leading independent provider of holiday homes, on its acquisition of Pure Cottages Group from private equity investor LDC.
The British Honey Company
Advising The British Honey Company plc, a premium honey and infused spirits brand, on its acquisition of The London Distillery Company.
Stobart Group
Advising Stobart Group on its £8.55 million acquisition of Stobart Air and Propius from business advisor EY, the administrators of Connect Airways.
Stobart Group
Advising Stobart Group on the disposal of its Rail & Civils division to Bavaria Industries Group AG.
Stobart Group
Advising Stobart Group on the sale of the Eddie Stobart and Stobart Group brands to Eddie Stobart Logistics for £10 million.
Candour Logistics
Advising the shareholders of Candour Logistics on its sale to Far Logistics.
RTL Telematics
Advising the shareholders of RTL Telematics on the sale to European IoT (Internet of Things) solutions provider, AddSecure.
Arc Minerals Ltd
Advising AIM-listed Arc Minerals Ltd on the disposal of (i) Casa Mining Limited to Golden Square Equity Partners Limited for up to US$50 million and (ii) Ortac Resources (UK) Limited to ASX-listed MetalsTech Limited for up to US$8 million.
UK Oil and Gas plc
Advising AIM-listed UK Oil & Gas plc on a 50% farm-in of a Turkish oil & gas licence and a farm-in contribution of US$5 million.
Block Energy plc
Advising AIM-listed Block Energy plc on its acquisition of Schlumberger Rustaveli Company Limited from Schlumberger B.V.
PAM Group
Advising preventative healthcare services provider PAM Group on its acquisition of Concept Northern.
Nestor Financial Group
Advising the shareholders of specialist IFA practice, Nestor Financial Group, on its sale to Chase de Vere.
Elcometer
Advising Elcometer Limited, a leading manufacturer and supplier to the coatings industry, on its acquisition of Spanish business, Sagola SA, a specialist manufacturer and supplier of paint spray equipment to the automotive refinishing sector.
Fox Brothers
Advising Fox Brothers (a specialist in the supply and haulage of aggregates, recycled materials, muck-shift, earthworks and civil engineering projects) on its acquisition of Clive Hurt (Plant Hire) Limited.
London Tower Service and LTS Powered Access
Advising the shareholders of London Tower Service and LTS Powered Access on the sale of their shares to Aspire Platforms.
Doris IT
Advising Doris IT on its merger with Grayce.
UK Rooftop Solar
Advising on the sale of a 9.1MW portfolio of operational residential UK rooftop solar assets to Octopus Renewables.
RoC Consulting
Advising the shareholder of civil and structural engineering firm, RoC Consulting Limited, on its acquisiton by RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business.
Kids Allowed
Advising the shareholders, Jennie Johnson MBE and Kate Whistance, of Kids Allowed nursery group on its sale to Kids Planet.
IDEAS+CARS
Advising TSX V listed Torque Esport’s UK subsidiary, IDEAS+CARS, on its purchase of WTF1 from Dennis Publishing.
JLA Group
Advising JLA Group (a commercial laundry, catering, heating and fire safety provider) on its acquisition of five businesses (Astral Fire and Security Limited, T Jolly Services Limited, Atlas Sterile Limited, Firewatch South West Limited and ITS Fire & Security Limited).